• sus@programming.dev
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        3 days ago

        I think the problems there are exacerbated a lot by over-eager type coercion and other crappy design decisions inherited from almost 30 years ago

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          3 days ago

          Yep lua and lisp/scheme are also unityped and not even close to as broken. All are remarkably similar languages, theory-wise.

          …also something something Guido not getting tail call elimination and people sending him copies of the wizard book. It’s been a while.

          (And, yes, lua does proper tail calls).